At work but earning less: trends in decent pay and minimum wages for young people

Damian Grimshaw

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: The paper “At work but earning less: Trends in decent pay and minimum wages for young people” reviews existing literature and analyses recent data on young workers’ earnings. The findings of the paper point to the increase over time of the youth wage discount, i.e. the wage gap between adult and young workers.

Keywords: youth employment; young workers.; minimum wage; low wages; trend; emploi des jeunes; jeune travailleur; salaire minimum; bas salaire; tendance; empleo de jóvenes; joven trabajador; salario mínimo; salario bajo; tendencia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 2014
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